86 A HOME VEGETABLE-GARDEN 



various ways, variety and attractiveness are added 

 to the diet, 



All through the year even, the rich red of the 

 beets may garnish the table ; their succulent flavor 

 and health-giving mineral salts and the energy 

 stored away in the sweetness of the root may keep 

 the doctor away. Kemember to put in plenty of 

 beets ; do not forget the late summer sowings and 

 so provide for enough to put into storage. The 

 surplus greens and roots from the early spring 

 crop will furnish plenty to can. The roots may 

 all be stored. However, it is a great convenience 

 to the busy housewife to have a jar ready to heat 

 up, at a minute's notice. It is a big saving in 

 time to prepare a quantity of tender roots, fresh 

 from the garden. They may be gotten ready for 

 canning out-doors in the summer time, with plenty 

 of water from the hose or the well ; and it will be 

 much pleasanter work than preparing a little 

 mess of hard partly withered roots each time they 

 are needed. The canning need take no more fuel ; 

 and the resulting product is very much better. 

 Both greens and roots are tenderer, when stored 

 in glass jars ; they are fresher in flavor and richer 

 in color; and they are all ready to use. In pack- 

 ing the greens after blanching, tuck in around 

 the sides of the glass jar some of the tiny red 

 roots. They can be used to garnish the greens. 

 Cook the beets in the open kettle just long enough 



